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®l)e €an6l)ol)0cken Uttartcr ESTABLISHED 1869. NO. 7991 TIESDVI AND FKlKAt L,ONSHOHOCKEN. PA. FRIDAY. MARCH 31. 195a FIVE CENTS 'Echoes Of Conshohocken' Centennial Spectacle Theme Nightly Fireworks Display To Depict Historic Scenes Aid Centennial Operation 'Echoes' Presentation Civie Day Parade To Nave Cast Of 428 Plans Are Furthered - of Conshohocken"| A fireworks display will be Is the official title selected for held every night of the Con-thc grand Centennial spec- shohocken Centennial, May 14 tacle. entertainment highlight to 20, with the exception of of conshohocken Centennial the opening night. Sunday. Week, to be presented six Featuring a number of nights during the borough's handsome historical pyrotech-hundredth- birthday week, be- nic pictures, the display will ginning Monday, May 15, and be staged at the Community (.■including Saturday night, Center Athletic Field, imme- May 20. diately following the nightly The name, adopted by vote of Centennial pageant, Ralph tii- Cfin-nniai Executive Conunit- Falconero, chairman of the: it*, at Its weekly meeting. Tues- ; . „..„„,. HivUinn on.1 d.iy night in the Park House. w*a special e\ems illusion, an-suggested by Edward Oermann, nounced. principal of Conshohocken High Francis I. Ruggiero. Jr. former School, a member of the execuUte first ward councilman. Is chair-tTnmitiee I man of the fireworks committee Rehearsals for the presentation, »nd will direct the six-night dls-for which a cast of 425 local real- P»y. dtnt* Is now being selected, willj CIVIC DAY PARADE *JOP get underway, Harry Dorring-; Tbt communltv-wide civic ps- ; m. representative of the John B rwie> one 0f the two big parades of Rogers Producing Company and ' conshohocken a hundred' .i-blrth-director of the spectacle, announces. day week wlil be held, as tenu- - 99 SEATS AVAILABLE .ui'lv announced. Tuesday, May 18,. Approximately 3.300 aeaU will be at « 30 p. m. The hour isset to available for each performance, the permit residents to view It. who number mcreased recently by one ■ would be preven'ed from attendlnn. tliousand Just put In place. ■ » day!.: One hundred box seats will be ployment installed, assigned to the first Co i.serve them. When this nurr.be: ■ exhausted, no other box **au> will be available. meeting of the spectacle dl-business. Daylight then, will rade to be held uciore nightfall. The parade will form at 5:45, and mm. promptly at 8:30 Judge* are Erb Is chairman, will be held Mon- tcm..nuta on lag? rive/ day night at 8 in the Park House. ^^ V-««s» at which chairman of all com- rp rF I twlla. mtttees lh that division will bf |Q | HKC will .Samuel H. Diem, prominent local Scout leader, was added to the con-, cession committee, on request of O Preston Custer, chairman of that division. TO ISSUE INVITATIONS A letter will be sent to all rep-rsemative clubs, and organlza-, Hons of Conshohocken. asking j inn to prepare a list of members, Basin Bids Swei.eluii.l Culm Trad Firwt Of Three In Area Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Dorringlon. of the John It. KogerH Producing Co., Fontoria, (>.. are here to assist with linal preparations for Conshohwken's Centennial Celebration, May 14-20. Mr. Imrrington has already laken over as manager of the local program, while Mrs. Dorrinirton II writing the scenario for the mammoth historical spectacle. "Kchoes of Conshohocken,'* which will start rehearsals on April 17. (Will Outline Highway Route In West Boro lli^bwa\ !'• i>.iiiiiH-in Will Provide Plans To Enlighten Boro Plans of the Valley Forge Expressway, the extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. which will pass through the Borough of West Conshohock-en. will be delivered to Mrs. Isabel C. Tyson, borough sec-retary, tomorrow morning, according to word received this morning from the Aid-more d istrict office of t he j Pennsylvania State H Department. The plans will j be delivered to Mr in the Montgomery County Court House, where ifcf is employed. Unable to get authentic infor-mation as to the exact course nf thr highway through West Conshohork-en and the effect it might have on property owners. Mrs Tyson wrote to Governor James H Duff. ex-. plaining thai plans were beinji pro- j vided to various paraesi u trlcts affected and that West Oon-1 not being ■ ta unable to get definite n In repl* to her letter Mrs. Tyson received the following acknow led K ment TEXT OF LETTER "The Governor has asked nie to acknowledge your letter of March 11 regarding proposed plans for the Express Highway through the Bor-ough of West Conshohocken. "I have taken up this mai'w with Honorable Ray F Smock. Secretary of Hiithways, who advises that he is issuinft instructions to his dis-trict engineer, D. C Staekpole at Mi>. (looper Estate Valued At $75,000 Three sons and a daughter will share the bulk of the $75,000 estate of sirs. Mary B. Cooper. 81. of lit Payette Street, whose wlU was pro-bated yesterday. Mrs. Cooper died March 35. She bequeathed g300 each to grandchildren. Wllltnm Howep Finn. Mary Elisabeth Finn, Lucy Cooper Finn, Margaret Morgan Cooper. Elizabeth Roberta Cooper. Ann Cooper and Mary Bagg Coop-er, and a similar sum to Mary Rhodes Sawyer The balance of the holdings is to go to William E. Cooper. Sarah Oooper Finn. Stanley B. Cooper, Esq.. and John R. Cooper, aorta and daughter. Aid In Rescue At Hospital Churches Will Mark Palm Sunday Here Special Observance Planned By Many Churches In This Area Glad music will ring out in the church*** of this com-munity on Sunday, in observance of Palm Sunday, commem-orating the triumphal entry of Christ into Jerusalem. In. all Catholic churches and in some Protestant churches, palms will be distributed, to the congregations, following a tradi-tional custom. HETHOOItfT Seek To Restrain •Parade™ At Plant It.M ■ • n Hill Firemen At Belle Vinta Tragnly Centennial Week. Ptrtlragtoi.. lauded the ex ecutlre committee for the work at Secretary of Forests and Wal said today that | had received a "notice to bidders' I issued by the u 6. Army Engineer; for the construction of the Swede "Queen Of The Century" hTo Reign During Centennial rise Keesbejr and Mat.i >n Com-pany, of Ambler, today appealed to the Montgomery County Courts to have four women restrained from "parading" in front of its property and making others think that trie* consUtute a picket line Saving of the lives of at least and that a strike exist* at the firm three Inmates of Belle Vista San- A bill in equity seeking an in-aiortum U attributed to the work Junction against the four dlscharg-of Barren HUI Fire Company Rea-1 ed employee and alao asking that rue Squad in the fire that took, they be asseeaid damage* 'or the nine three Wednesday night tosses incurred by the firm by their The squad worked from 11pm,! actions wag filed by Btaner Mengea, shortly after the Are was discover-i Esq. Ambler, and Thomas I. com-r. i until after 3 yesterday morn- ber, Jr., Esq. Philadelphia I rut, cooperating with firemen and Named as defendants In the bill police of Springfield Township and'are Margaret G. Lorenakl. 130 West Philadelphia as patients of the (Marshall street. Norrlatown; Kath-prlvate hospital were brought from rvn E Reese, IBM Butler Pike, the blazing building. | Conshohocken; CarmcUa D Sergio. Yesterday SUte Police got a con- « *£■*- "»'" «**?• Norrtstown. feasion from Nicholas Verne, an <»* Theresa B Colaiaal. Ml Olen-inmate. that he *ad aUrted the sidt Avenue. Cllenside. fire. He is said to have ft record as an arsonist The Barren HlH Squad was call-ed to the scene early during the conflagration Firemen from Bar-ren Hill were also called to stand by. but were not called into service As victims were removed from the burning structure, they were taken to neighboring hospitals Ardmore, to have an engineering | Barren mil rescue men George representative call upon you and rink. Stanley Lelghton. _Ray Reev furnish such data, including plans, as may be available at this time' The communication was signed by Charles F Rugaber. PROPERTIES TO LOSE GROUND The plan of widening Mataon-ford Road from a point at the crest of the hill. ! Hill has been changed It was or. J3T accomplished" and "for" the! Ian* Culm Impounding Baain. Selection of "Queen of the Century" Who will reign With J?'""!'^ P;"'inPd,,^' UJ"Jl.^v^nrt fine foundation laid for a success-I Secretary Draem* said that he ^ attendants over Conshohocken's Centennial Celebration EeU ,'om 1i5 *? neT roadwaV [Id^tn'l^dly'Ss^ l«<>. «i]l prt ""dor way immediately with all or«ani». i^,"r-rSl «JE »S 3a2. hUrTwrns introduced* at »nd upper M Mill Disposal!tions in Conshohocken being listed to enter their candidates ■** pf MaUonford toad from the ihe meeting. jaVeag fjM we Issued by^the^Corps| before nominations close at 6:00 |>. m.. M ..' uiv. April 10. ' es. Jack Bill. Elmer Yerka and I Norman Woolley aided with a num-: ber of patients as they were brought into another part of the building that was being used as •* evacua-tion Dotnt. Barren Hill men administered hundred feel j o*yg«i to a number who were auf- 1 lering from burns and asphyxia-tion working shoulder to ehoulder fTonflnued on Puff* Eight* f cemetery received word this week No ajaagatlvg meeting will be held next week, due to Holy Week. The (Confirmed on Page Five) l»ri|iirai:is Estate 1 o His Small Song The will of a Conshohocken man who was found dead in his car parked a short distance from his wife's grave in St. Matthew's Ceme-tery was probated yesterday, dis-posing of an estate of $0,000. Harry Venezia. 34. of 353 West Sixth Avenue, Conshohocken. who w**> pronounced dead in his car on Tuesday morning. March 14. direct-ed that jewelry owned by his late wife was to be distributed to his two sons. He provided that a debt of 11.400 to bis mother-in-law. Nancy De- Domlntc. be paid The balance of die estate is to be held for the benefit of his two sons, Anthony and Harry Vene/ia. Jr The wlU was dated October 11, 1MB Venerla'i wife died suddenly last July 11 Letters of Administration were l-.iinl in the estate of James Mat-ricardl. Conshohocken. who died lust December 23, valued at I3.1S6.- 15 to Mary S. Matrlcardl, widow. The Swedeland Basin is the first of three Impounding basins which will b* constructed by the U. S Armv Engineers to retain the iiilni which will be removed In dredging the pools above the Plymouth and the Flat Rock Dams on the Schuyl-kll] River between Norristown and Philadelphia The notice states these bids for the construction of this basin will be opened on April 37 In the office of the U. 8 Dis-trict Engineer, Corps of Engineer* Philadelphia. The construction of the Rwede-land Impounding Basin is the InlUftl step by the Army Enelneers from the planning stage to the construction stage. Contestants for the coveted '"Queen of the Century" may be: 'entered by any responsible organ-: ■ i/iitum In Conshohocken. including i < it ic clubs, schools, professional I business or Industrial groups. Each contestant must be at least 10 years old. unmarried and a resident of In order to create "atmosphere" Conshohocken. and possessed with and to publicize Conshohocken's the queenly characlerLstlcs of beau- Centennial Celebration to be taaM-ty. P°»«e «"> personality. May 14-20. a plan is now being TO REIGN OVER "E<H<»v formed to organise all men in the The "(Jueen of the Century" and "Brother* Of lirii-h," "Nisirrs Of Swi*h" In Centennial Plan 'hat the cemetery would '<>uched and that the extra width Dl the road would be taken from their properties. SrhooU G.i 948,890 A semi-annual payment to Con-shohocken School District in tlie amount Of M*\KM22. for the sup-port of local schools, has been ap- I ^JTdSiJIirm^ihSr'^S^ proved Thia was announced today i cn-urc^' 2*! in Harrlsburg by Auditor General Weldon B Heyburn. Services Set For Holy Week West Boro (liurrheH Plan Union Program Union Holy Week services, under the sponsorship of lb* West Side < Gospel Fellowship, will be held In the oo-operatlng Went Oonaho-hocken churches on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week The first of the untun meetings will be held Wednesday evening at 7-46 in the Oulph Christian Church. The speaker will be Rev. Donald D. Stout, pastor of Balllgomrngo Bap-tist Chun'ii Thursday evening tlie meeting WlU be held In Holiness Christian Church, with Rev. William A Mc- Kee. pastor of Oulph Christian The •ftcrad cantata. "Olivet t* Calvary," by J. H Maunder. wlU k* presented in the Conshohocken Me-thodist Church, Sixth Avenue and Fayette Street. Sunday afternoon at 4 by the Senior Choir, under the direction of Man Bernett*. June*, organist and chorister. The solo-lets will be: Hoprano, Mrs. Joseph Hkilton Aldlnger; alU, Marjorie Campbell: tenor, Robert Campbell: basses. Joseph Aldlnger, Lewis McQulrns. Jr., and Armour Baa FIRST BAFTIRT "The Tumbled Stone*" wUl k« the subject of the Palm Sunday sermon to be delivered Sunday monUng at 10:45 In the First Bap-tist Church by Rev. Chester T. Winters, pastor. There win be a meeting In the Fireplace Room at 1 p. m. of the candidate* fdr baptism. The evening worship will be h«M at 7:M. The theme of the service) will be "Were You There Wheat They Crucified My Lord?" Thai soloist* wUl be Mrs Robert Faust and Mlaa Ruthe Righter. Worship leaders will be Mrs. George Web-ber. Jr.. Oalvin Bourgeault and James Ferrter. The Baptist Youth Fellowship will meet in the Fireplace Room at B M Refrsahmenu Will be served following the meeting. r'Confrnued on Page Put I Whitemarsh Hills To Have $200,000 Shopping Center Erection of a shoppiny center will net under way in borough in an organization known ZT%T?£?n«^ncnSn Whitemarsh Hills within a few weeks, David J. Friedman, as the "Brothers of the Brush", on n^j^Slitie* including important «* Heywood-Hall Construction Comi»ny .announced just be-a signed pledge basis, a pledge to psru in the historical spectacle fore noun today. Surveyors started today, Friedman said, m-ow whiskers secure an appro- "Echoes of Conlhohocken,•■ to be llTMi permits will prohablv 1H- taken out next week, the celebration. All women are or- onittori ceremony will be held on Dnfl .V I lltl-\\ (MM! (tnniwd as "Sisters of the Swish" Monday. May 1ft In conJuncUon ■'•*■■ * ■■■» " w« Bloves To (^innertieill „n a p)Mi?P to aecure costumea and wllh the spectacle. _ _. .. . . . , ... — - , ,h_ ««..>,■• There will be a number of prize* Chairman \amnl RIated for immediate oonstruc- Oood Friday sfternoon aervioe* will be held in Balllgomingo Bap-tist Church from 13 noon until 1 p. m. The service 1* open to the public, with an Invitation to "eome mid go as you please." The Friday evening aervioe at 7:M will be held In the Primitive Methodist Church with Rev. Har-old Heas. pastor of the Holiness Christian Church, occupying the pulpit. Rev William H Fudge pastor of the Primitive Methodiat Church, Barren Hill Fair Slated June 21-July 1 Kvent Lists New Attraction** A whole tenlful nf innovations if beltiB planned for the Barren Hill Firemen's Fair slated lor June 21- July 1. according to Oenera] Chair* man oeorge Fink. To the customary trend nl fire company fairs, with the traditional K*mes and refreshments, the Bar-r 1*11 HUlers will add a commercial tent and a number of booths .spon-sored by organiiaUona of the com-munllv. Plans to have special children* afternoon programs are being worked out. probably to take tha form of a marionette ahem both Saturday afternoons, and the open-ing of tha ride* for the younger t during daylight hours Fink said that six ride*, including two built especially for children. will deliver the sermon at the have been arranged. Oirl Scout Easter Sunrlae eervlor at Oulf: Troop 71 la expected to stage "Snow Cemetery I white," and they have several fConfinsed on Pmg* FltwJ ! other show* in production. 1 ■ ■ Carl Vollweiler is in charge of tkmlsa buUdlngto house sU store*, g . c • i ,he neighborhood booUu, and a Plans call ultimately for ten store*! ^prin^ DnM IHI i IW|nbiT of -roupa have been work-lo cost approximately $300,000. A Spring -ocl*] sponsored jointly | nig thelr - to Ma -ichester. Conn, to take up his perm* rent residence with his son, John Light. Resident 111 Miss Margaret Mack, Is recupe-lnrih^ tr l7.»l„ynf,iw^ nartici-1 be announced later after During Centennial Weeltparttei- chairman of the sPev»er«al'nar^tlv'ltlle™s t.h^a^twwiinll ltiiee Iinn Contest Committee, returns norfc«. -^c-tio-, n-x, W(-t with the Celebratinn such as award- "ESM™, S. .JJT vcnmaT ing ofpr.roS to Jh« "Broth^n.of the J*^I9«*\ht>«£'l^ crown B^JfTv^iSr^^SiSr «HI of her attendant- will be ■ E. F. Moore Granted Permit For $20,000 Steel Garage Building permits entailing an estimated expenditure of $35,065 were issued during the month of March by Joseph J. Quinn, borough secretary. Topping the list is a paPBaH for the erection of a steel garage for K. V. Moore, local Chev-rolet dealer, at Twelfth Avenue and Harry Street, at an estimated cost of $20,000. Lester Coi ru issued two per-1 mils for alterations to a property j Leon Kuchlnskl. 318 East Seventh at 123 East Fifth Avenue, home of Avenue, alterations to kitchen, 1500; the late Mrs. Charles Heber Clark., Stanley Sadowakl. 253 Spring Mill which he recently purchased. He Avvenue, concrete steps, $75: Joseph plans to erect an apartment over; Montanayor, 251 Spring Mill Ave-the garage for his own occupancy nt a cost of 12.000 and remodel the rating at her home. 'S30 Spring beamjrtftrkest ^rdt^d™1 tJJe*rd- on the number of tickets sold to Mill Avenue, after an attack ol gray beard, most typical POrtpncoe- (Continued on Page Klghti bronchlctis and grippe tume with whiskers to match, com-edy <tor man who tried hardest to raise whiskers and failed'. For the rireillfll lo >leet ■Sisters of the Swish.'' oldest au-thentic costume handed down by ancestor, prettiest costume, most comical costume, best "Oay 90" cos The regular monthly meeting of the Washington Fire Company will mm,, but mollitr >!<d d.ulhtet J»""« WUhwn Worth prtMa-ombtn. uon ».nU .111 b. m«l«. "J mwt|Bf of ^ ^t c<imml,. [ tee of the Coiuhohocken Fire De-partment arranging for Firemen's The modern commercial struc-1 1)V jo^ph Wagner Post No T72. and ture will be of one-story Colonial I John p. DeHaven Poat No, 129. The opening or headquarters architecture in keeping with the American Legion, will be held in and the appointment of a cam- ,,(:,*n ,?£ *** WMtamaran Kills th# Legion Home. Second Avenue . >. . . .L>*.rfe *7« li""1". Frtedman said. Bnd porr^t street tonight There tign cruurman for the Dun-Fine-, ^ ^^^ „„,„ wm provide will be a program of entertainment. Wood and Llvrngood ticket were parting spaces In front of and to with refreshments served buffet announced todav by SUM Senator; Uie rear of the five-acre tract, wllh stvle following the program. Uoyd H Wood, cwairman of the, entrances from both Ciermftntown Montgomery County Bepubllcan pi»«1»nd ■,<*hua."oa<1 „, rf »h. C..inin-« Friedman said that several of the Chairman of the Primary Cam-Iftore* are ^tentatively leased, wlOh paign Committee will be Thomas local merchanU being given rsfior- ETwatm. l>q.. of JenkinWwn. a l*y The stores to beTiouaed in the first structure are designed aa suit-able for a hardware store, gift shop. srlf-serrice food market and drug store. projeej* sine* early this Winter. The commercial home* show is expected to attract throng*, especially in view of the building boom In Whitemarsh Township by Its booth* on horn* apptlane**. An automobile will be a prominent exhibit. Waters. Esq. Jenkintown, former aasUtant County proaecu At the same time, Senator Wood revealed the selection of County Commissioner Foster C. HUlegass a* treasurer of the Campaign Committee Headquarters have been estab- •afl I *l( 'I M 1 s I ■ tiilt v 1 |i uil« Viuaaw g.^ wtlvlUes aTpart of the Cen-'Hshrd <m the second floor of 1-, D- /'l.„»«*'t«nnl»l Celebration will be held in East Airy Street, opposite the Court O HlJiillllV ' .IliirffP.the hose hotwe of the Washington House, and will be officially opened ~ J ^ Fire Company on Sunday morning Monday with a complete A 27-year-old U. 8 Army cor-'at 10:tf. i Senator Wood said. poral declared his love In open — court today for his second wife as he pleaded guilty to charge William E. Brakeman. stationed at Valley Forge Oeneral Hospital, will be sentenced by Judge Oer— Corson on April 14 and was Civic Basketball League Awards Will Be Made "•'■"> Local Lions Enjoy Skit itationed * "Iris On Real Estate Purchasing dwelling and convert it into aparl ments. at an estimated cost oi &8.000 A permit was leaped to Gtorge Cotton for the erection of a concrete block garage in the rear of his home 4*4 West Tenth Avenue at a cost of 1300. The remainder of the permits were issued for additions, alter-ations and repairs, the largest of which is 11.100 for alterations to the property st 400 Fayette street., owned by Aaron Pounds. Other per-; mlts were Issued to the following: ■ John Bakula. 338 East Elm Street, block addition. $400; Alfred Jnmi- /elli. 217 Maple Street, alterations, MOO; A. Truesdale, 219 East Eighth Avenue, re-rooflng, 940. Alexander Piermanl. 121 West Sixth Avenue, steps. 950; Donate Flocco, 120 Spring Mill Avenue, "tone wall. 9150; James Matrlcardl. 039 Spring Mill Avenue, alterations, tJO: Benjamin Baldyxa, 260 Spring Mill Avenue. 9150; James Williams. fill Wood Street, alterations, 9100: Hubert Swing, Hector and Apple Streets, coop. 9100. Ss. Cotmai' A* Damlan Church. Fifth Avenue and Maple Street, new roof, 9000: Joseph Lycakowskl, 528 Harry Streot, block garage. 875, Sound legal procedures in piii.ha.-mK ■ house were out-nue. concrete steps. 975; Philomena rnanded to prison. Dears, 351 East Hector Street, Tlie defendant was accused of block porch. 9600 John Allonse.l marrvlng Miss Alice W. Watson, ol .. y - - 820 Maple Street, repairs. 950;! Roberts Avenue. Cedar Helsht. lined by two attorneys before a meelmg of the Conshohocken Humbert Defitcinno, 134 East Sev- last January 7 although he hadj Lions Club, Tuesday night, in semi-monthly session at bpnng enth Avenue, alterations. 9200: never been divorced from hi* ftp.: vijii pire House Lorl'o Wceolal. 252 East Sixth: *ife. Margaret Brakemnn. Ridge, t^- Avenue, cellar door. 9*0 Hooper. 1000 VOTES 1000 CONSHOHOCZEN CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION NOMINATING COUPON FOR "QUEEN OF THE CENTURY" I Nominate _^_^^^^^^__^^^______^_ Her Address 1 Nominations Close April 10th, 6:00 p. m. 1000 VOTES 1000 Mall the coupon to Centennial Headquarter* Mary Wood Park House, Conshohocken. Pa. Lite Membership On Mission Board For Loral Woman For the first time in the long history of the association, a mem-ber of the Ladles' Aid of the Pres-byterian Church has been accorded a life membership on the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyter- Ian Church of the United States. Chosen was Mrs. H. T. Ailebach. 1234 Butkr pike, who has held the post of corresponding secretary of * hlr Entitled "Mr. Bindings Buys His Dream House." the slut demon-strated some of the errors and pit-parsing will be provided In front of the store*, with s parking lot In t: i renr. Friedman said, a* the entire plan has been adapted not unly to nearby residents, but to those who use their cars for shop-ping Recorder \<l Locate! ■"*<'■ The third annual party of the Conshohocken Civic Baa- Theproject w"i be typ^icf the'ketba|] LeaKue WJU be held tomorrow night at the Polish current trend in suburban com- ., , .. nnn T-. . ... «, -.. . mrrrial building with the highway fc*K«» Home, 309 Ea*t Kim Street, when awards will b* frontage* landscaped. Double-row presented to the winners of the 1949-50 campaign. Officers and member* of the lea- ^—~ gue. member* of the Conshohocken School Board. Burgees Edmund K William*, former Burgees Ellas L. 8 Blalr. representative* of the Rot-ary Club and Chamber of Com-merce. High School janitor*, those who offlcUted at the game*, in-cluding referees, time-kecperr vorers and iwpreeanUtlvee of the , pre** have been invited a* guest*. The Polish Eagles, winner of tbe league chainpionshlp, will receive ' the floating trophy, giving them the second leg on the emblem. They will also be awarded the permanent trophy, Cotishohocken Bocce Club will be awarded the nmne*>up trophy. Conshohocken Fire Company No. 2 will receive the trophy given to the team finishing in first place during the regular season. Totsy Sstublnskl, a member of the Polish Eagle* team. ■■That was oulck »nrk" That's how Joseph Langlev, 934 East Hector Street, sum* up the speedv return of "Ijidy," the pet pomentnlan of his 7-year-old daughter. Irene. In * matter of minutes after The Recorder, carry-ing the story of the misting dog. faUsto be avoided to pTeverTt KI **.*«» ,he '^f*^^ dreai heuse becoming * mght-l^t was just tafore 3 o'clock w..en ma-e Stewart xSShmc, a*q.. and "Lady was brought back to m. Robert HonevmanllM Norrta- Mv daughter had Just gotten home presented with the trophy awarded £w£ imorneyT^Usged the skit, (from^ school- they get = ' -u-ahU ni.ver enacting the role* of a client con the Aid group for , has just accepted the post of finan-cial secretary. The local organisation is privileg-ed to name a member, a* they de- 1 Mre In connection with the hfe membership, a generous donation is made to the Foreign Missions Board for It* major project, a school for native girl* in Japan. suiting hi* lawyer. Men of experience in insurance and real estate matters, as well as members uninitiated in house-buy-ing, querrled the speakers on im-portant polntA in acquisition of a home "MOST IMPORTANT CONTRACT" It was pointed out that many rty years.'and j intricate points of law and pro-cedure may arise in the purchase of a home, and that therefore, the inventor should provide himself with adequate protection by con-sulting * lawyer In making the '•most important contract he ever lbert home. •urns ' , The Hllbert* had The foundation of the trans- i owned the dog. fConfimted on Pag* Mtght/ i (•Continued on Page tight) _ out early; to the most valuable player. This Tuesday—and was leaning against. marks the second year in succcss-the gate, still longing for her pet, ion that the Eagles' centerman has when s man drove up and a*ld "I been selected a* the moat valuable have something for you." player. "When she saw It was Tady/I The trophy for Individual high she couldn't speak, Was she glad to scoring honor* w:!l be awarded to Kct IhBt dog back," Mr. Langlev Aaron Zajac, former Cotishohocken told. High athlete, who ha* been * rag- The dog was returned by Joseph ular with the Polish T—ll stace Hllbert. whose home on B*rren ire league ws* otfanlaed. Hill Road Spring Mill, h a hall Anthony Bianco, former West mile from the Langley home When Ccsishohocknii High athlete, a the small animal broke Its leash m-mtx-r of the West Corohohocken *nd left It* collar and license danu-i Falcons will receive the award as Unit behind In the tangle? vsrd the player displaying the best last Friday afternoon. It followed sportsmanship, n member of HUbert's family to Uie Leroy Wallace Joins Sales Staff Of Watch Firm Leroy Wallace, of East NorrUon Township, former local resident, on Monday will assume his new duUe* a* district manager for the Hamil-ton Watch Company, Lancaster. The district comprises four stales Tennessee. Kentucky. Virginia and North Carolina. HI* lenuUve head-quarters will be at Roanokr Virginia. In accepting his new post, Mr. Wallace 1* severing conneclluu* with the William H Wai:.. - ry Store, 1M Payette Street a busi-begun by his father. William Pause*, many yean ago. Hi ha* been affiliated with h for eight years. Ilonpital N Mrs F. M Phillips, of Tenth Avc nue and Payette Street, has return-ed from Bryn Mawr Hospital, where she was a surgical patient for ten days. She is steadily Improving. Mrs. Sarah L. Cairns, of 119 W<M Tenth Avenue. Is a patient at the Washington Sanitarium, Washing-ton, D. C, where ahe will undergo an operation for the removal of cateracu. Mrs. Cairns, a native of Comhobooken. is more than eighty The presentations will he made by F*an "f age Ide* wl>'* gue Dam. president of the lea- Relreshrneuts will be *crved lol- | lowing the presentation* "i l 10th Ave-nue, medl i 171 i • ■•■ admit-ted to Montgomery Hospital.
Object Description
Title | The Conshohocken Recorder, March 31, 1950 |
Masthead | The Conshohocken Recorder |
Date | 1950-03-31 |
Year | 1950 |
Month | 3 |
Day | 31 |
Volume | 79 |
Issue | 92 |
Coverage | United States -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Conshohocken |
Subject | Conshohocken (Pa.) - Newspapers; Montgomery County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
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Description | Conshohocken Recorder Newspaper |
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ESTABLISHED 1869. NO. 7991 TIESDVI AND FKlKAt L,ONSHOHOCKEN. PA. FRIDAY. MARCH 31. 195a FIVE CENTS
'Echoes Of Conshohocken' Centennial Spectacle Theme
Nightly Fireworks Display
To Depict Historic Scenes
Aid Centennial Operation
'Echoes' Presentation Civie Day Parade
To Nave Cast Of 428 Plans Are Furthered
- of Conshohocken"| A fireworks display will be
Is the official title selected for held every night of the Con-thc
grand Centennial spec- shohocken Centennial, May 14
tacle. entertainment highlight to 20, with the exception of
of conshohocken Centennial the opening night. Sunday.
Week, to be presented six Featuring a number of
nights during the borough's handsome historical pyrotech-hundredth-
birthday week, be- nic pictures, the display will
ginning Monday, May 15, and be staged at the Community
(.■including Saturday night, Center Athletic Field, imme-
May 20. diately following the nightly
The name, adopted by vote of Centennial pageant, Ralph
tii- Cfin-nniai Executive Conunit- Falconero, chairman of the:
it*, at Its weekly meeting. Tues- ; . „..„„,. HivUinn on.1
d.iy night in the Park House. w*a special e\ems illusion, an-suggested
by Edward Oermann, nounced.
principal of Conshohocken High Francis I. Ruggiero. Jr. former
School, a member of the execuUte first ward councilman. Is chair-tTnmitiee
I man of the fireworks committee
Rehearsals for the presentation, »nd will direct the six-night dls-for
which a cast of 425 local real- P»y.
dtnt* Is now being selected, willj CIVIC DAY PARADE
*JOP get underway, Harry Dorring-; Tbt communltv-wide civic ps-
; m. representative of the John B rwie> one 0f the two big parades of
Rogers Producing Company and ' conshohocken a hundred' .i-blrth-director
of the spectacle, announces. day week wlil be held, as tenu-
- 99 SEATS AVAILABLE .ui'lv announced. Tuesday, May 18,.
Approximately 3.300 aeaU will be at « 30 p. m. The hour isset to
available for each performance, the permit residents to view It. who
number mcreased recently by one ■ would be preven'ed from attendlnn.
tliousand Just put In place. ■ » day!.:
One hundred box seats will be ployment
installed, assigned to the first Co
i.serve them. When this nurr.be:
■ exhausted, no other box **au>
will be available.
meeting of the spectacle dl-business.
Daylight
then, will
rade to be
held uciore nightfall.
The parade will form at 5:45, and
mm. promptly at 8:30 Judge* are
Erb Is chairman, will be held Mon- tcm..nuta on lag? rive/
day night at 8 in the Park House. ^^ V-««s»
at which chairman of all com- rp rF I twlla.
mtttees lh that division will bf |Q | HKC will
.Samuel H. Diem, prominent local
Scout leader, was added to the con-,
cession committee, on request of O
Preston Custer, chairman of that
division.
TO ISSUE INVITATIONS
A letter will be sent to all rep-rsemative
clubs, and organlza-,
Hons of Conshohocken. asking j
inn to prepare a list of members,
Basin Bids
Swei.eluii.l Culm Trad
Firwt Of Three In Area
Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Dorringlon. of the John It.
KogerH Producing Co., Fontoria, (>.. are here to assist
with linal preparations for Conshohwken's Centennial
Celebration, May 14-20. Mr. Imrrington has already
laken over as manager of the local program, while Mrs.
Dorrinirton II writing the scenario for the mammoth
historical spectacle. "Kchoes of Conshohocken,'* which
will start rehearsals on April 17.
(Will Outline
Highway Route
In West Boro
lli^bwa\ !'• i>.iiiiiH-in
Will Provide Plans
To Enlighten Boro
Plans of the Valley Forge
Expressway, the extension of
the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
which will pass through the
Borough of West Conshohock-en.
will be delivered to Mrs.
Isabel C. Tyson, borough sec-retary,
tomorrow morning,
according to word received
this morning from the Aid-more
d istrict office of t he j
Pennsylvania State H
Department. The plans will
j be delivered to Mr in the
Montgomery County Court
House, where ifcf is employed.
Unable to get authentic infor-mation
as to the exact course nf thr
highway through West Conshohork-en
and the effect it might have on
property owners. Mrs Tyson wrote
to Governor James H Duff. ex-.
plaining thai plans were beinji pro- j
vided to various paraesi u
trlcts affected and that West Oon-1
not being
■ ta unable to get definite
n In repl* to her letter
Mrs. Tyson received the following
acknow led K ment
TEXT OF LETTER
"The Governor has asked nie to
acknowledge your letter of March 11
regarding proposed plans for the
Express Highway through the Bor-ough
of West Conshohocken.
"I have taken up this mai'w with
Honorable Ray F Smock. Secretary
of Hiithways, who advises that he
is issuinft instructions to his dis-trict
engineer, D. C Staekpole at
Mi>. (looper Estate
Valued At $75,000
Three sons and a daughter will
share the bulk of the $75,000 estate
of sirs. Mary B. Cooper. 81. of lit
Payette Street, whose wlU was pro-bated
yesterday. Mrs. Cooper died
March 35.
She bequeathed g300 each to
grandchildren. Wllltnm Howep
Finn. Mary Elisabeth Finn, Lucy
Cooper Finn, Margaret Morgan
Cooper. Elizabeth Roberta Cooper.
Ann Cooper and Mary Bagg Coop-er,
and a similar sum to Mary
Rhodes Sawyer
The balance of the holdings is to
go to William E. Cooper. Sarah
Oooper Finn. Stanley B. Cooper,
Esq.. and John R. Cooper, aorta and
daughter.
Aid In Rescue
At Hospital
Churches Will Mark
Palm Sunday Here
Special Observance Planned
By Many Churches In This Area
Glad music will ring out in the church*** of this com-munity
on Sunday, in observance of Palm Sunday, commem-orating
the triumphal entry of Christ into Jerusalem. In.
all Catholic churches and in some Protestant churches, palms
will be distributed, to the congregations, following a tradi-tional
custom.
HETHOOItfT
Seek To Restrain
•Parade™ At Plant
It.M ■ • n Hill Firemen
At Belle Vinta Tragnly
Centennial Week.
Ptrtlragtoi.. lauded the ex
ecutlre committee for the work at
Secretary of Forests and Wal
said today that
| had received a "notice to bidders'
I issued by the u 6. Army Engineer;
for the construction of the Swede
"Queen Of The Century"
hTo Reign During Centennial
rise Keesbejr and Mat.i >n Com-pany,
of Ambler, today appealed
to the Montgomery County Courts
to have four women restrained
from "parading" in front of its
property and making others think
that trie* consUtute a picket line
Saving of the lives of at least and that a strike exist* at the firm
three Inmates of Belle Vista San- A bill in equity seeking an in-aiortum
U attributed to the work Junction against the four dlscharg-of
Barren HUI Fire Company Rea-1 ed employee and alao asking that
rue Squad in the fire that took, they be asseeaid damage* 'or the
nine three Wednesday night tosses incurred by the firm by their
The squad worked from 11pm,! actions wag filed by Btaner Mengea,
shortly after the Are was discover-i Esq. Ambler, and Thomas I. com-r.
i until after 3 yesterday morn- ber, Jr., Esq. Philadelphia
I rut, cooperating with firemen and Named as defendants In the bill
police of Springfield Township and'are Margaret G. Lorenakl. 130 West
Philadelphia as patients of the (Marshall street. Norrlatown; Kath-prlvate
hospital were brought from rvn E Reese, IBM Butler Pike,
the blazing building. | Conshohocken; CarmcUa D Sergio.
Yesterday SUte Police got a con- « *£■*- "»'" «**?• Norrtstown.
feasion from Nicholas Verne, an <»* Theresa B Colaiaal. Ml Olen-inmate.
that he *ad aUrted the sidt Avenue. Cllenside.
fire. He is said to have ft record as
an arsonist
The Barren HlH Squad was call-ed
to the scene early during the
conflagration Firemen from Bar-ren
Hill were also called to stand
by. but were not called into service
As victims were removed from
the burning structure, they were
taken to neighboring hospitals
Ardmore, to have an engineering | Barren mil rescue men George
representative call upon you and rink. Stanley Lelghton. _Ray Reev
furnish such data, including plans,
as may be available at this time'
The communication was signed by
Charles F Rugaber.
PROPERTIES TO LOSE GROUND
The plan of widening Mataon-ford
Road from a point at the crest
of the hill.
! Hill has been changed It was or.
J3T accomplished" and "for" the! Ian* Culm Impounding Baain. Selection of "Queen of the Century" Who will reign With J?'""!'^ P;"'inPd,,^' UJ"Jl.^v^nrt
fine foundation laid for a success-I Secretary Draem* said that he ^ attendants over Conshohocken's Centennial Celebration EeU ,'om
1i5 *? neT roadwaV
[Id^tn'l^dly'Ss^ l«<>. «i]l prt ""dor way immediately with all or«ani». i^,"r-rSl «JE »S
3a2. hUrTwrns introduced* at »nd upper M Mill Disposal!tions in Conshohocken being listed to enter their candidates ■** pf MaUonford toad from the
ihe meeting. jaVeag fjM we Issued by^the^Corps| before nominations close at 6:00 |>. m.. M ..' uiv. April 10. '
es. Jack Bill. Elmer Yerka and I
Norman Woolley aided with a num-:
ber of patients as they were brought
into another part of the building
that was being used as •* evacua-tion
Dotnt.
Barren Hill men administered
hundred feel j o*yg«i to a number who were auf- 1 lering from burns and asphyxia-tion
working shoulder to ehoulder
fTonflnued on Puff* Eight*
f cemetery received word this week
No ajaagatlvg meeting will be held
next week, due to Holy Week. The
(Confirmed on Page Five)
l»ri|iirai:is Estate
1 o His Small Song
The will of a Conshohocken man
who was found dead in his car
parked a short distance from his
wife's grave in St. Matthew's Ceme-tery
was probated yesterday, dis-posing
of an estate of $0,000.
Harry Venezia. 34. of 353 West
Sixth Avenue, Conshohocken. who
w**> pronounced dead in his car on
Tuesday morning. March 14. direct-ed
that jewelry owned by his late
wife was to be distributed to his
two sons.
He provided that a debt of 11.400
to bis mother-in-law. Nancy De-
Domlntc. be paid The balance of
die estate is to be held for the
benefit of his two sons, Anthony
and Harry Vene/ia. Jr The wlU was
dated October 11, 1MB
Venerla'i wife died suddenly last
July 11
Letters of Administration were
l-.iinl in the estate of James Mat-ricardl.
Conshohocken. who died
lust December 23, valued at I3.1S6.-
15 to Mary S. Matrlcardl, widow.
The Swedeland Basin is the first
of three Impounding basins which
will b* constructed by the U. S
Armv Engineers to retain the iiilni
which will be removed In dredging
the pools above the Plymouth and
the Flat Rock Dams on the Schuyl-kll]
River between Norristown and
Philadelphia The notice states
these bids for the construction of
this basin will be opened on April
37 In the office of the U. 8 Dis-trict
Engineer, Corps of Engineer*
Philadelphia.
The construction of the Rwede-land
Impounding Basin is the
InlUftl step by the Army Enelneers
from the planning stage to the
construction stage.
Contestants for the coveted
'"Queen of the Century" may be:
'entered by any responsible organ-:
■ i/iitum In Conshohocken. including
i < it ic clubs, schools, professional
I business or Industrial groups. Each
contestant must be at least 10 years
old. unmarried and a resident of
In order to create "atmosphere" Conshohocken. and possessed with
and to publicize Conshohocken's the queenly characlerLstlcs of beau-
Centennial Celebration to be taaM-ty. P°»«e «"> personality.
May 14-20. a plan is now being TO REIGN OVER "E |
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Contributing Institution | Conshohocken Free Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Contact | If you have any questions, contact Branch Manager at smason@mclinc.org or call 610-825-1656 |
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Language | English |
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